Referring Clues

• Threatening finale
• To avoid the alternative
• "Otherwise..."
• Final words?
• End of a threat
• Threat finale
• Words intended to scare
• "You'll regret it otherwise!"
• End of a blackmail letter
• Words intended to instill fear
• Threatening words
• Chilling words
• Common threat
• Ultimatum phrase
• Words intended to intimidate
• Choice words?
• Words before the consequences
• Part of a stern warning
• End of a warning
• Ultimatum words
• "You don't even want to know the alternative!"
• Ultimatum ender
• Unspecified alternative
• Veiled threat
• "... and I mean it!"
• Ominous-sounding phrase
• Bully's final words
• Unspecified, but invariably unpleasant, alternative
• Unfinished threat
• Goon's last words
• Ultimatum's end
• Threat ender
• Ominous words
• Ultimatum closer
• Bully's warning
• Words often accompanied by a 45-Across
• Words of warning
• Warning words
• Menacing remark
• Vague threat
• Threat-ending words
• Admonition phrase
• "To avoid the alternative..."
• "Otherwise, you'll be sorry!"
• "Otherwise, you won't like it!"
• Menacing phrase
• Threat alternative
• Part of a threat
• Vague warning
• Bully's threat
• Ending words of an ultimatum
• Implicit warning
• "And you'd better listen!"
• Blackmailer's words
• Words of intimidation
• End of a bully's threat
• Bully's conclusion
• If not
• Words implying consequences
• Goon's parting shot
• Otherwise
• "If that doesn't work ..."
• Threat phrase
• Words suggesting serious consequences
• Threat words
• "Otherwise . . ."
• Ultimatum end
• Intimidation conclusion
• Famous last words
• "... if you want to avoid trouble"
• Ultimatum ending
• "Otherwise, you'll regret it!"
• Threatening option
• Challenging words
• Part of an ultimatum
• Threat ending
• Menacing words
• "... if you want to avoid trouble"
• Unpopular alternative
• Unspoken part of the Godfather's "offers"?
• Threat's ending
• Caveat phrase
• "… and I mean it!"
• “You don’t even want to know the alternative!”
• "Otherwise, you'll regret it!"
• End of an ultimatum
• "Otherwise ..."
• Bully's words
• Unsettling last words
• "... otherwise, you'll be sorry!"
• Familiar threat (2 wds.)
• End to a threat, perhaps
• "If you want to avoid trouble"
• Catchall threatening words
• Threatening term
• Threatening ending
• Threatening comment
• Threatening end
• Threat end
• Threat conclusion
• Ultimatum concluder
• Threat punctuator
• "... unless you want trouble"
• Bully's last words, maybe
• Threatening conclusion
• Thug's parting words
• Threatener's phrase
• End of a blackmail threat
• Threatener's conclusion
• Ominous last words
• Ominous end of a threat
• Ominous final words
• Enforcer's ultimatum
• Ambiguous and intimidating last words
• "Do it ___!"
• Intimidating words
• End to a bully's threat
• Defendant often
• Uncreative threat
• Last words of a threat
• Parental warning words
• Open-ended threat
• "Otherwise ... !!!"
• Words that may elicit a worried gulp
• Unspecfied
• "... if you know what's good for you!"
• Threatening phrase
• Unspecific threat
• Ominous ending
• Bully's threat ender
• "Do what I say, ___!"
• Ominous parting words
• "Otherwise ...!"
• Words ending a threat
• Threatening words (2 words)
• Threatening option (2 words)
• Open-ended ultimatum
• "Otherwise, I might do something you'll regret!"
• Somehow resolve to ignore very threatening words
• "Alternatively..."
• Threat ending (2 words)
• End of an ominous threat
• Two-word threat
• "... if not, you'll live to regret it!"
• Giving an alternative sort of threat
• Otherwise, a threatening couple of words
• Bully's warning words
• Consequences introducer
• Menacing suggestion: loser beaten up with rifle butt
• Backup introducer
• Ending that threatens
• "Alternately ..."
• Common conclusion of a 31 Across
• Fear-inducing phrase
• Promise of dire consequences
• Threat-ending phrase
• Words in a threat
• Menacing comment
• "... and if you don't, there will be consequences!"
• Blackmailer's conclusion
• Unspoken alternative
• "... because you don't want to cross me"
• End of an intimidating warning
• Warning ender
• Ominous phrase
• Unstated alternative "introducer"
• Bully's parting words
• End of a vague ultimatum
• "Should that not be the case ..."
• "... and you know what happens if you don't!"
• Unsettling closing words
• Vague end of an ultimatum
• Vague ending for a threat
• Unnamed alternative
• "I'm warning you!"
• Part of a vague ultimatum
• Part of a vague threat
• "... and that's a threat!"
• "... you'll be sorry if you don't!"